"DAV" 2002 Obituary

DAVEY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2002-11-26 published
Folk singer, ad man penned lyrics
Travellers founder, political backroomer, rewrote This Land with
a Canadian twist
By Charles
MANDELSpecial▼ to The Globe and Mail Tuesday, November
26, 2002 -- Page R11
Wordsmith and marketing executive Jerry
GOODIS, as well-known
for his advertising slogans as for rewriting This Land Is Our
Land for the landmark folk group The Travellers, has died at
age 73.
Mr. GOODIS's facility with words ranged from the nationalistic
pride of the folksong's lyrics, to the crassly commercial but
nonetheless equally memorable Harvey's Makes Your Hamburger a
Beautiful Thing. "His forte was the spoken word," said Jerry
GRAY/GREY, a life-long friend of Mr.
GOODIS's. "He could sell anything
to anybody, as happened later in the advertising business."
A jazz fan who loved the music of Stan
KENTON and Woody
HERMAN,
Mr. GOODIS was the
son of a union organizer/tailor in Toronto's
garment district. He studied art at the city's Central Technical
High School, but gained his real education through the Communist-leaning
United▼Jewish▼People's▼ Order to which both his and Mr.
GRAY/GREY's
parents belonged.
In the early 1950s, both Mr.
GOODIS and Mr.
GRAY/GREY sang in the
United Jewish People's Order's youth choir, a group of some 18
kids that would travel around Ontario and sing folk music and
labour songs on picket lines. The youngsters spent summers at
the United Jewish People's Order's camp, Naivelt, northwest of
Toronto, where they'd sing songs and swap stories at informal
hootenannies. The mother of Zal
YANOVSKY -- he would go on to
fame as the Loving Spoonful's guitarist -- acted as camp director,
and renowned American folksinger Pete
SEEGER was a frequent visitor.
"It was a cauldron of folk music," Mr.
GRAY/GREY recalled.
In 1953, Mr.
GOODIS and Mr.
GRAY/GREY, along with Gray's sister Helen,
Sid DOLGAY and Oscar
ROSS formed The Travellers, drawing inspiration
from Mr. SEEGER and his group, The Weavers. According to authors
Ted and Alex
BARRIS in their book, Making Music, when The Travellers
made their debut at the United Jewish People's Order's national
convention in 1953, "they sang their complete repertoire of three
songs, and when the audience called for more, they sang all three
songs again."
In 1954, Mr.
SEEGER told The Travellers they might as well rewrite
Woody GUTHRIE's classic anthem to America, This Land Is Our Land,
because no one south of the border could hear it at the time.
Mr. GUTHRIE,
Mr.▼SEEGER and others were under investigation as
Communists and radio stations had blacklisted their music. At
a house party, Mr.
GOODIS and the others began playing around
with the lyrics, first writing "from Newfoundland to the Vancouver
Island." The group changed the song to its better-known version
("from Bonavista to the Vancouver Island") in time for a talent-hunt
show on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation-Television called Pick
the Stars.
The Travellers sang This Land Is Our Land on the show and the
letters of acclaim from viewers poured in. In the following decade,
the song became such a huge hit that when singers like Peter,
Paul and Mary or the Kingston Trio came to Canada, they'd launch
into the American version and then look puzzled when Canadian
audiences began jeering them. "The song lives on," Mr.
GRAY/GREY said.
"It's The Travellers' signature song and has been since those
early days."
Mr. GOODIS recorded Across Canada With The Travellers and The
Travellers Sing Songs of North America with the band. Despite
the group's growing fame, Mr.
GOODIS remained modest about his
role. His son David remembers that Mr.
GOODIS would always joke
he lacked talent.
"He couldn't sing, but he started the group so they couldn't
kick him out," David said. "That was the line he always used
to use."
As it turned out, nobody pushed Mr.
GOODIS from the band. He
quit in 1961 to form an ad agency that would become Goodis Goldberg
Soren and go on to create some of the catchiest product slogans
around. As Mr.
GOODIS avidly pursued singing, he'd also fostered
an equal interest in advertising. While working at his first
job, cutting stencils for mimeograph machines, Mr. Goodis hit
on the idea of starting a direct-mail company. With his friend
and later-to-be fellow Traveller Oscar
ROSS, they began Rosgood
Advertising.
"We used to say, let's do it even though we're not going to make
money. But we'll get samples. But we never got very far with
those samples," Mr.
ROSS said.
Mr. GOODIS managed advertising for a Toronto jewellery-store
chain and did a catalogue for a children's-wear distributor,
but it was while singing for The Travellers that he met his future
ad-agency partner. Sam
GOLDBERG worked as the group's music director
and manager, but like Goodis he saw a future in advertising.
Carl DAIR, a graphic designer, joined them, but ultimately their
third partner was Al
SOREN.
Their first break came when they landed the account for Hush
Puppies, a then-unknown brand of shoe. They had $7,000 to launch
the campaign, so for $900 the agency created a 20-second television
commercial featuring a basset hound. The unlikely ad sparked
sales and the accounts rolled in. The Canadian Encyclopedia reports
that the firm's billings quickly reached $30-million.
Mr. GOODIS is widely credited for creating such slogans as, "We
care about the shape you're in" for Wonderbra, and, "At Speedy,
you're a somebody" for Speedy Muffler King. However, his colleagues
said copywriters and art directors actually penned the lines.
Doug LINTON, who worked as a creative director at Goodis Goldberg
Soren,▼ said Mr.
GOODIS critiqued advertising brilliantly and
encouraged creative thought. "He convinced the captains of industry,
the people who purchased advertising, that they could make money
by doing advertising that had some wit and artistry about it."
Politics▼ also attracted Mr.
GOODIS. In 1968, he attended the
Liberal Party convention and came back excited over the prospects
of a rising star who might one day become prime minister, Pierre
TRUDEAU. "
From▼ then on, whenever election time was getting close,
my dad would immerse himself in that," David
GOODIS remembered.
Along▼ with Senator Keith
DAVEY,
Mr.▼GOODIS became one of Prime
Minister Trudeau's most trusted re-election team members.
After▼ leaving advertising, Mr.
GOODIS founded The Jerry Goodis
Business Education Group and helped set up programs for young
entrepreneurs at several universities and colleges. As late as
1998, Hamilton's McMaster University hired him to help rebrand
the educational institution.
After a lifetime in Toronto, Mr.
GOODIS moved to Harrison Hot
Springs in British Columbia, where he entered semi-retirement.
In the last couple of years of his life, according to Mr.
GRAY/GREY,
Mr. GOODIS reunited with The Travellers, helping with publicity
around a National Film Board production on the band. "I think
in his later years," Mr.
GRAY/GREY said, "he began to appreciate the
value the Travellers had on the Canadian psyche. In many ways,
he may have forgotten his roots and in later years when he wasn't
doing as much in the business world, he loved what The Travellers
were doing and loved the part he played. After all, he's the
founder."
Mr. GOODIS died of cancer on Nov. 8. He leaves his third wife,
Joyce SEIDEL-
GOODIS of Harrison Hot Springs, and children Leslie,
David and Noah.

DAVEY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.globe_and_mail 2002-11-26 published
Folk singer, ad man penned lyrics
Travellers founder, political backroomer, rewrote This Land with
a Canadian twist
By Charles
MANDELSpecial▲ to The Globe and Mail Tuesday, November
26, 2002 -- Page R11
Wordsmith and marketing executive Jerry
GOODIS, as well-known
for his advertising slogans as for rewriting This Land Is Our
Land for the landmark folk group The Travellers, has died at
age 73.
Mr. GOODIS's facility with words ranged from the nationalistic
pride of the folksong's lyrics, to the crassly commercial but
nonetheless equally memorable Harvey's Makes Your Hamburger a
Beautiful Thing. "His forte was the spoken word," said Jerry
GRAY/GREY, a life-long friend of Mr.
GOODIS's. "He could sell anything
to anybody, as happened later in the advertising business."
A jazz fan who loved the music of Stan
KENTON and Woody
HERMAN,
Mr. GOODIS was the
son of a union organizer/tailor in Toronto's
garment district. He studied art at the city's Central Technical
High School, but gained his real education through the Communist-leaning
United▲Jewish▲People's▲ Order to which both his and Mr.
GRAY/GREY's
parents belonged.
In the early 1950s, both Mr.
GOODIS and Mr.
GRAY/GREY sang in the
United Jewish People's Order's youth choir, a group of some 18
kids that would travel around Ontario and sing folk music and
labour songs on picket lines. The youngsters spent summers at
the United Jewish People's Order's camp, Naivelt, northwest of
Toronto, where they'd sing songs and swap stories at informal
hootenannies. The mother of Zal
YANOVSKY -- he would go on to
fame as the Loving Spoonful's guitarist -- acted as camp director,
and renowned American folksinger Pete
SEEGER was a frequent visitor.
"It was a cauldron of folk music," Mr.
GRAY/GREY recalled.
In 1953, Mr.
GOODIS and Mr.
GRAY/GREY, along with Gray's sister Helen,
Sid DOLGAY and Oscar
ROSS formed The Travellers, drawing inspiration
from Mr. SEEGER and his group, The Weavers. According to authors
Ted and Alex
BARRIS in their book, Making Music, when The Travellers
made their debut at the United Jewish People's Order's national
convention in 1953, "they sang their complete repertoire of three
songs, and when the audience called for more, they sang all three
songs again."
In 1954, Mr.
SEEGER told The Travellers they might as well rewrite
Woody GUTHRIE's classic anthem to America, This Land Is Our Land,
because no one south of the border could hear it at the time.
Mr. GUTHRIE,
Mr.▲SEEGER and others were under investigation as
Communists and radio stations had blacklisted their music. At
a house party, Mr.
GOODIS and the others began playing around
with the lyrics, first writing "from Newfoundland to the Vancouver
Island." The group changed the song to its better-known version
("from Bonavista to the Vancouver Island") in time for a talent-hunt
show on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation-Television called Pick
the Stars.
The Travellers sang This Land Is Our Land on the show and the
letters of acclaim from viewers poured in. In the following decade,
the song became such a huge hit that when singers like Peter,
Paul and Mary or the Kingston Trio came to Canada, they'd launch
into the American version and then look puzzled when Canadian
audiences began jeering them. "The song lives on," Mr.
GRAY/GREY said.
"It's The Travellers' signature song and has been since those
early days."
Mr. GOODIS recorded Across Canada With The Travellers and The
Travellers Sing Songs of North America with the band. Despite
the group's growing fame, Mr.
GOODIS remained modest about his
role. His son David remembers that Mr.
GOODIS would always joke
he lacked talent.
"He couldn't sing, but he started the group so they couldn't
kick him out," David said. "That was the line he always used
to use."
As it turned out, nobody pushed Mr.
GOODIS from the band. He
quit in 1961 to form an ad agency that would become Goodis Goldberg
Soren and go on to create some of the catchiest product slogans
around. As Mr.
GOODIS avidly pursued singing, he'd also fostered
an equal interest in advertising. While working at his first
job, cutting stencils for mimeograph machines, Mr. Goodis hit
on the idea of starting a direct-mail company. With his friend
and later-to-be fellow Traveller Oscar
ROSS, they began Rosgood
Advertising.
"We used to say, let's do it even though we're not going to make
money. But we'll get samples. But we never got very far with
those samples," Mr.
ROSS said.
Mr. GOODIS managed advertising for a Toronto jewellery-store
chain and did a catalogue for a children's-wear distributor,
but it was while singing for The Travellers that he met his future
ad-agency partner. Sam
GOLDBERG worked as the group's music director
and manager, but like Goodis he saw a future in advertising.
Carl DAIR, a graphic designer, joined them, but ultimately their
third partner was Al
SOREN.
Their first break came when they landed the account for Hush
Puppies, a then-unknown brand of shoe. They had $7,000 to launch
the campaign, so for $900 the agency created a 20-second television
commercial featuring a basset hound. The unlikely ad sparked
sales and the accounts rolled in. The Canadian Encyclopedia reports
that the firm's billings quickly reached $30-million.
Mr. GOODIS is widely credited for creating such slogans as, "We
care about the shape you're in" for Wonderbra, and, "At Speedy,
you're a somebody" for Speedy Muffler King. However, his colleagues
said copywriters and art directors actually penned the lines.
Doug LINTON, who worked as a creative director at Goodis Goldberg
Soren,▲ said Mr.
GOODIS critiqued advertising brilliantly and
encouraged creative thought. "He convinced the captains of industry,
the people who purchased advertising, that they could make money
by doing advertising that had some wit and artistry about it."
Politics▲ also attracted Mr.
GOODIS. In 1968, he attended the
Liberal Party convention and came back excited over the prospects
of a rising star who might one day become prime minister, Pierre
TRUDEAU. "
From▲ then on, whenever election time was getting close,
my dad would immerse himself in that," David
GOODIS remembered.
Along▲ with Senator Keith
DAVEY,
Mr.▲GOODIS became one of Prime
Minister Trudeau's most trusted re-election team members.
After▲ leaving advertising, Mr.
GOODIS founded The Jerry Goodis
Business Education Group and helped set up programs for young
entrepreneurs at several universities and colleges. As late as
1998, Hamilton's McMaster University hired him to help rebrand
the educational institution.
After a lifetime in Toronto, Mr.
GOODIS moved to Harrison Hot
Springs in British Columbia, where he entered semi-retirement.
In the last couple of years of his life, according to Mr.
GRAY/GREY,
Mr. GOODIS reunited with The Travellers, helping with publicity
around a National Film Board production on the band. "I think
in his later years," Mr.
GRAY/GREY said, "he began to appreciate the
value the Travellers had on the Canadian psyche. In many ways,
he may have forgotten his roots and in later years when he wasn't
doing as much in the business world, he loved what The Travellers
were doing and loved the part he played. After all, he's the
founder."
Mr. GOODIS died of cancer on Nov. 8. He leaves his third wife,
Joyce SEIDEL-
GOODIS of Harrison Hot Springs, and children Leslie,
David and Noah.

DAVEY o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-12-26 published
STURDY,
LawrenceRoy -- (Owner of Sturdy Power Lines, member
of the Bradford Lions Club, Melvin Jones and Judge Brian Stevenson
Fellow). At his residence, with his family by his side, after
a hard fought battle with cancer, on Monday, December 23, 2002.
Lawrence STURDY of R.R.1 Gilford, in his 63rd year. Beloved husband
for 40 years and best friend of Diane (née
NELSON.)
Loving father
of Glenn and his wife
Gail,Lisa and her husband Gregg
DAVEY.
Cherished granddad of Tianna, Kyra and Quaid
STURDY;
Breann and
Lauren DAVEY. Dear son-in-law of Bernice
NELSON and the late
Rodney NELSON. Dear brother of Sharon and her husband Roy
HAMILTON
and Gail and her husband Jed
BENOIT.
Predeceased by his parents
Clarence and Dorothy
STURDY and his brother-in-law Larry
WRIGHT.
Special thanks to the doctors and nurses of Emergency, 4AB, Palliative
Care and the Cancer Clinic and Southlake Regional Health Centre.
Thanks to Dr.
WILSON and
to Debbie, Cathy and Sarah of St. Elizabeth
Health Care for their care and support. Friends may call at the
Roadhouse and Rose Funeral Home, 157 Main St. S., Newmarket for
visitation on Friday, December 27 from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral
service in the chapel on Saturday, December 28, 2002 at 1 p.m.,
followed by cremation. Donations to Southlake Regional Health
Centre or Community Care Access would be appreciated. I am water,
I am stone Take my heart, I'll take you home You're not gone,
I've got you here, love There's no such thing as good-bye

DAVID o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-12-24 published
MOLLISON,
BirdieMay -- Peacefully, Thursday, December 19, 2002
at her residence in Toronto in her 85th year. Birdie was predeceased
by her loving husband James
DAVID.
Loving and dear mother of
Phyllis, Mazelyn, Peter, George, Doreen, Pauline (step-daughter)
and Dorrett. Sister of Cislyn and Shirley. Lovingly remembered
by her 20 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews
and numerous Friends. Birdie lived a life of service to God and
humankind. She will be remembered for her devotion to her church
and prayer life. The family will receive Friends at the Ogden
Funeral Home at 646 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario on
Friday, December 27, 2002 between the hours of 2: 00 p.m. - 9:00
p.m. The service will be held at New Dawn Moravian Church at
7 Glenora Avenue, Toronto, Ontario (Vaughan and Oakwood) on Saturday,
December 28, 2002 at 11: 00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations
can be made to The Arthritis Society in her name.

DAVIDSON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-11-11 published
LITOVITZ,
Ernest -- Peacefully on Friday, November 8, 2002, at
Baycrest Hospital. Beloved
son of Sadie and the late Benjamin.
Loving brother of Marilyn and the late Carl
MUCHMAKER and Sheila
and Michael
DAVIDSON. He will be missed by his many relatives
and Friends. Interment was held Sunday, November 10, at Lambton
Cemetery. Shiva is being held at 164 Kennard Ave. In lieu of
shiva gifts, memorial donations can be made to Cancer Society
or to the charity of your choice.

DAVIDSON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-11-11 published
OLDHAM,
ChesleyForrest -- October 15, 1919 - November 9, 2002
Ches passed away peacefully at Lakeridge Health, Uxbridge the
evening of November 9, 2002 at the age of 83. He was the beloved
husband of Mable
(TINDALL) for the past 54 years; loving father
of Rick (Gerry), Stuart (Lilly - deceased) and Brad (Pam); loving
grandfather of Krista, Karl, Kyle, Jason, Tyler and Samantha.
Ches was the
son of Abel and Elsie
OLDHAM (deceased.) He was
the brother of Eva and Joe
HERRMANN of Balsam Lake, Ernie
OLDHAM
(Lil - deceased) of St. Catharines, Betty and Pra
SOANES of India,
the late Nathan
OLDHAM
(KathleenDAVIDSON) of Cameron and the
late Opal GREENLAW of Whitehorse. He was the dear brother-in-law
of Alice KENNEDY
(Goldie - deceased) of Scarborough, Helen
WATSON
(Claude - deceased) of Pefferlaw and Margaret and Bruce
CHAPMAN
of Mississauga. He will be sadly missed by his many nieces, nephews,
Friends and neighbours. Ches was born in Irma, Alberta, raised
in Mount Albert, Ontario, farmed in Zephyr, Ontario and retired
in Uxbridge, Ontario. He was a member of the Irish Regiment of
Canada during World War II. Some of his many accomplishments
were as an active Boy Scout leader, a member of the Scott Township
Council, Ontario County Council, Chairman of the Uxbridge Hospital
Board, a member of the Masonic Lodge and President of the Uxbridge
Seniors. Family will receive Friends at Low And Low Funeral Home,
23 Main St. S. in Uxbridge, Ontario on Tuesday, November 12,
2002 from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. A memorial service will take
place at Trinity United Church, 20 First Avenue, Uxbridge, Ontario
at 2: 00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 13, 2002. For those who wish,
donations may be made to the Uxbridge Cottage Hospital Foundation.

DAVIDSON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-11-14 published
DAVIDSON,
Bernie -- At his home on Monday, November 11, 2002,
after a long battle with cancer. Dearly beloved husband of 54
years to Doris nee:
TIPLADY.
Will be sadly missed by daughters
Diane and husband Steven, and Carol
DAVIDSON and Gilles
SAINDON,
and grandchildren, Jocelyn, Kyle, Trevor, Keith, Cedar, and Bailey,
brothers Cam and Jack and sister Connie
BARRIE and husband Bob
and sister-in-law Naomi
TIPLADY, and dearest Friends Jack and
Shirley SOUTHWARD. A very special thanks to Dr. Scott
BARRIE
and all the wonderful staff at Sunnybrook Cancer Centre. Also,
a special thanks to Dr. Paul
NEWBIGGING for being so kind. Please
join the family on Saturday, November 16 at noon to celebrate
the memory of Bernie at Chapel Ridge Funeral Home, 8911 Woodbine
Avenue, Markham.

DAVIDSON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-12-28 published
COTTAM,
Albert -- (Veteran of World War 2, 23rd Royal Canadian
Artillery). A 50 year employee with the T. Eaton. Co., Albert
(Ab), passed away peacefully, on Friday, December 27, 2002, at
the age of 87. Beloved husband of the late Doreen. Loving father
of Dorothy and her husband Paul
MacDONALD,
Leslie and his wife
Gloria, and the late Russell. Cherished grandfather of Jennifer,
Leah, Jeffrey and his wife Kori, Donald and his wife Tamra. Great-grandfather
of Mackenzie, Kole, Kyle and Harrison. Dear brother of Muriel
and Jean, brother-in-law of Eileen
DAVIDSON and Ernest (Pete)
BARBER and his wife
Laura.Fondly remembered by Sharon. Visitation
will be held at The Pine Hills Visitation, Chapel and Reception
Centre (625 Birchmount Road, N. of St. Clair, 416-267-8229),
on Sunday, December 29th from 7-9 p.m. Funeral Service will be
held at 1 p.m. on Monday, December 30th. Cremation to follow.
Donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation would be appreciated
by the family.

DAVIDSON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-12-28 published
HARPER,
RobertDaniel -- Suddenly, at Soldiers' Memorial Hospital
in Orillia, on Thursday, December 26, 2002. Bob
HARPER of Washago,
formerly of Cheltenham, at age 72. Beloved husband of Margaret
REID.
Loving father of Richard
HARPER and his wife
Gloria of
Washago, and Lenore
LEE of Orillia. Predeceased by son-in- law
William LEE (2001.) Devoted grandpa of Daniel and Katelyn
HARPER.
Dear brother of Gladys
DAVIDSON of Mitchell, and John
HARPER
of Kincardine. Pedeceased by sister Margaret
HARPER.
Resting
at the Butcher Family Funeral Home, 5399 Main Street South, Erin,
where the Funeral Service will be held on Monday, December 3Oth
at 2: 00 p.m., with Reverend John
LEKX officiating. Interment Boston
Mills Cemetery. Visitation on Sunday from 2-5 p.m. If desired,
donations to Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Building Fund
would be appreciated as expression of sympathy. Cards are available
at the funeral home.

DAVIE o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-12-28 published
THRASHER,
Lisa
(Liselotte) -- Of London, passed away suddenly
at London Health Science Centre, Westminister Campus, on Friday,
December 27, 2002. Lisa was born in Oettingen, Bavaria, on February
15, 1923, to Salomon and Kathi (née
SAEMANN)
HERRMANN.
She came
to Canada in 1946. She is survived by her dear brother Manfred
HERRMANN of Galveston, Texas. Loved mother of four sons, John
(Adele) THRASHER of Sarnia, Fred (Marilyn)
THRASHER of Markham,
Terry (Janet
PETERS)
THRASHER of London, Geoffrey (Marlene)
THRASHER
of Toronto. Dear mother-in-law of Sheila
DAVIE. Cherished grandmother
of Andy, Jennifer, Sarah (Christian)
DEMPSEY,
Steven,Katie,
Michael, Warren, Scott, Lisa and Julia. Great-grandmother to
Maggie DEMPSEY.
She is also survived by her extended and well
loved family in Long Island, New York, Amherstburg and throughout
Ontario.Predeceased by her husband Charles ''Mike''
THRASHER
(1976,) her companion Mario
CASCIANO (1999) and her brother Rudolph
HERRMANN.
Lisa was an active member of Highland Golf and Country
Club, since her retirement from London Life in 1985. The family
will receive Friends and relatives at Forest Lawn Memorial Chapel,
1997 Dundas Street East (at Wavell), London, for visitation on
Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass will be held in the
chapel on Monday, December 30, 2002 at 2 p.m. Interment at Forest
Lawn Memorial Gardens. As an expression of sympathy, memorial
donations may be made to the London Regional Cancer Centre. Arrangements
entrusted to Memorial Funeral Home, 519-452-3770.

DAVIES o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-11-13 published
PARROTT,
JohnEdwardRoss - M.D. 1915-2002 -- Passed away quietly,
after a lengthy illness at his residence in Oak Ridges on November
10, 2002. son of the late Lionel and Minnie
(MAJURY)
PARROTT.
Husband of the late Jean (née
DAVIES.) A graduate of University
of Toronto - Medicine 1943. Served as a Medical Officer in W.W.II,
stationed Prince Rupert, Alberni Valley and Vancouver General,
British Columbia. His medical career was spent in the Scarborough
area and served on staff at Scarborough General Hospital for
many years. Ross was president of the Toronto East Medical Association
1958/59. He was one of the original doctors forming Physicians
and Surgeons Inc. in the early 50's (predecessor of Ontario Health
Insurance Plan). Was a member of Kew Beach United Church, Toronto
and Glen Major Church, Uxbridge where he (along with his wife)
was involved in the music departments using his Associate, Royal
Conservatory of Music of Toronto. Retired to run a small cattle
hobby farm in Uxbridge Township 1967. Volunteered as part of
the Medical Team at Haliburton Scout Reserve for 14 years 1981-1995.
Enjoyed greatly reading, canoeing, sailing, golf, art and antiques.
Was a member of the Scarborough Model Railroad Club. Will be
greatly missed by caregivers Shirley and Thomas
HUNTLEY, the
Fred ROBINS family of Stouffville and the Edward
FOLLOWS family
of Richmond Hill and Friends Anne
ELLIS,
MarciaSTILES, and Carolynne
PHILLIPS. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Christian Blind
Mission, Stouffville and Bob Rumball School of the Deaf, Toronto.
Cremation followed by a Memorial Service on Sunday, November
24, 2002 at 2: 00 p.m. at Saint Anne's Anglican Church, 261 Gladstone
Avenue, Toronto. Reception to follow.

DAVIES o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-11-24 published
MASON,
Edward -- (Veteran World War 2 with the Ontario Regiment,
Member Royal Canadian Legion Branch 419, Port Perry) Peacefully,
on Friday, November 22, 2002 at the Community Nursing Home in
PortPerry, at age 92. Edward
MASON of Ashburn, beloved husband
of Florence ''Bert'' (née
WATSON.)
Loved▼ father of Lynn and her
husband William
ROSS of Nestleton, Susan and her husband David
GAINEY of Blackstock, Dale and her husband William
BURNETT of
Nestleton, and Lori
MASON and her husband Mooch
MORRISON of Orono.
Loving grandfather of William Edward
ROSS, Barry Paul
ROSS and
Tammy, Jen and David
DAVIES,
Mindy and Darrell
PETTS, Dave
GAINEY
and Monica
MASON, Mason L.J.
RACINE, Arianna Christine
RACINE
and great grandfather of Cody, David, Daniel and Ronnie. Dear
brother of Christine
COVENEY,
JennyHADLEY and Sandy
MASON and
the late Anne
THORNTON.
Relatives and Friends will be received
at the Wagg Funeral Home, ''McDermott-Panabaker Chapel'', 216
Queen Street in Port Perry (905-985-2171) on Sunday from 3-5
and 7-9 p.m. A Service to celebrate the life of Edward Mason
will be held in the Chapel on Monday, November 25th at 11 a.m.
with Padre Alfred
WOOLCOCK officiating. Interment Pine Grove
Cemetery, Prince Albert. If desired, memorial donations may be
made by cheque to the Canadian Cancer Society. On-line condolences
may be made at www.waggfuneralhome.com

DAVIES o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-12-04 published
DAVIES,
EllaQ.
In loving memory of a dear mother and grandmother who passed away December 4th, 1975.
Tenderly we treasure the past With memories that will always last.
Lovingly remembered, daughter Gail and son-in-law Dan.

DAVIES o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-12-21 published
WATSON,
Margaret (née
DAVIES) -- Peacefully, in her sleep, on
December 20, 2002, in Toronto. Dear wife of the late James
WATSON.
Loving▲ step-mother of Bonnie
WATSON,
Sandra and her husband Larry
WARNER, and Jim
WATSON.
Grandmother of Lesley and Christie. Great-grandmother
of Olivia. Sister of Nora
ROWLES, the late Frank
DAVIES,
EdieBROWN, and Dorothy
ARKELL.
Aunt of Bill, Charlene, David, Linda,
Tim, Martin, Peter, and the late Elizabeth. Margaret will be
sadly missed by all her Friends and relatives. The family will
receive Friends at the Humphrey Funeral Home - A.W. Miles Chapel,
1403 Bayview Avenue (South of Eglinton Avenue East), from 11: 00
a.m. until the Service at 1: 00 p.m. on Monday, December 23. Interment
Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Reception to follow interment.

DAVIS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-11-13 published
MANCHESTER,
Norman -- (Major in the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada,
Veteran of World War II, member of Royal Canadian Legion, Fort
York Branch, employee of Tip Top Tailors for 25 years and owned
and operated House of Manchester for 37 years, retiring in the
winter of 2002). Peacefully on Tuesday, November 12, 2002 at
Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital, one day before his 83rd.
Birthday. Beloved husband of the late Shirley Mabel. Wonderful
father of Michele, Julie and her husband Michael
KALNITSKY,
Toni
and her husband Michael
MILLER.
Loving grandfather of nine. He
will be sadly missed by his dear sister Nim
DAVIS, family and
many Friends. Funeral Service 1: 30 p.m. Sunday, November 17,
2002 at Walton Memorial United Church, 2489 Lakeshore Road West,
at Bronte Road, Oakville. For those who wish, memorial contributions
to the Canadian Cancer Society would be appreciated. Arrangements
entrusted to the Kopriva Taylor Community Funeral Home, Oakville.

DAVIS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-11-16 published
DAVIS,
KathleenMary▼ -- Peacefully at home on Thursday, November
14, 2002 at the age of 60. Beloved wife of 30 years to Michael.
Predeceased by her brothers James and Sammy. Dear sister of Edward
SHEERIN, Jeanette
GRABIEC, Martha
CALLAHAN, Mary
PIGOZZO and
John SHEERIN.
Will be missed by many nieces and nephews. Friends
may call at the R.S. Kane Funeral Home (6150 Yonge Street, at
Goulding, south of Steeles) on Sunday from 2-5 p.m. and Monday
from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral Mass on Tuesday, November 19, 2002
at 11 a.m. at St. Luke's Roman Catholic Church (39 Green Lane).
Cremation. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Multiple Sclerosis
Society would be appreciated by the family.

DAVIS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-11-21 published
BADAME,
Elizabeth
(Betty) -- Peacefully on Monday, November 18,
2002 at Trillium Health Centre, Mississanga. Betty, beloved wife
of Frank. Loved mother of Frances, Julia
BUTLER,
Susan
(Frank)
FANELLI and Mary (Gary)
DAVIS. Dear Ma of Christopher, James,
Benjamin, Harrison and Alec. Dear sister of Richard, Ivy, Joan
and the late Leslie. A private family service has been held.
Those who wish may make memorial contributions to the Ontario
Heart and Stroke Foundation. The Badame family wish to extend
special thanks to the Intensive Care Unit staff of Trillium Health
Centre for their care and compassion. Arrangements entrusted
to Kopriva Taylor Community Funeral Home, Oakville.

DAVIS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-11-24 published
McFEAT,
Mary (née
DAVIS) -- On November 22, 2002, Mary passed
away peacefully, surrounded by family and bathed in the warmth
that marked her life. Lovingly remembered by Tom, her husband
and partner of 55 years, son Tom, daughter Elaine, granddaughter
Kyla, grand_son James, sister Barbara
LARSEN and Barbara's family
(John, Jim, Andy, and Patty), and many other nieces, nephews,
and dear Friends. Hers was a life well-lived, marked by endless
acts of thoughtfulness, compassion, nurturing, and wisdom. She
was much loved and will be sorely missed by everyone who had
the pleasure to know her. The family wishes to extend its thanks
to the staff of Belmont House and the Mount Sinai Intensive Care
Unit for their enormous compassion and assistance. In lieu of
flowers, the family asks that you consider a donation to Covenant
House or any other charity of your choice. Friends may call at
the Bedford Funeral Home, 159 Eglinton Ave. W. (2 stop lights
west of Yonge St.), on Monday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m.
Funeral Service will be held in the Chapel on Tuesday at 11 a.m.
Interment to follow at Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

DAVIS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-12-21 published
O'BRIGHT,
RobertEarl -- At Sunnybrook Campus of Women's College
Health Care Centres, Toronto on Thursday, December 19, 2002 Robert
Earl O'BRIGHT late of Scarborough and formerly of Woodstock in
his 80th year. Beloved father of Sean
O'BRIGHT and his wife
Hanan
of Toronto and Terry
O'BRIGHT and his wife
Erin of Los Angeles.
Dear grandfather of Michael and Braden. Brother of Jean and Harold
McINTOSH,
Bill and Muriel
O'BRIGHT, Patrick
O'BRIGHT, Jack and
Beth O'BRIGHT,
DougO'BRIGHT, Margaret and William
DAVIS, Donna
and John PAYNE and their families. Predeceased by his parents
Harold and Gertrude
O'BRIGHT, his brother Harold Jr. (1999) and
his sister Sandra
O'BRIGHT (2002.) Friends and relatives may
call at the M.D. Smith Funeral Home, 69 Wellington Street, North,
Woodstock, on Sunday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Mass of the Resurrection
will be celebrated at Saint Mary's Church, 155 Oxford Street, Woodstock
on Monday, December 23, at 11: 00 a.m. Father Terence
RUNSTEDLER
celebrant. Interment of cremated remains later Saint Mary's Cemetery.
Parish prayers Sunday evening at the funeral home 8: 30 p.m. M.D.
Smith 519-537-3611

DAVIS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-12-27 published
MacKAY,
EdithIsabel -- Passed away on the 25th of December,
2002. Daughter of the late Donald
MacKAY and his wife
AlicePRIOR.
Predeceased by sisters Alice MacKay
HALFPENNY and Merle Sutherland
MacKAY.
Sadly missed by her Friends: Mary
CUNNINGHAM, Robert
DAVIS,
FrankGABOUREL, and many others. Edith was a longtime
employee of Halifax Insurance. She was a member of St. Columba
United Church on Vaughan and St. Clair (now part of St. Matthew's
United Church). She was one of the first women in the United
Church to qualify and a supervisor for ministerial formation.
Much of her early life was devoted to the Canadian Girls In Training
and she was loved by many young women whose lives she touched.
A Funeral Service will be held at the Trull ''North Toronto''
Funeral Home and Cremation Centre, 2704 Yonge Street (5 blocks
south of Lawrence), on Saturday morning, December 28, 2002 at
11 o'clock. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the
Alzheimer Society, 2323 Yonge Street, Suite 500, Toronto, Ontario.
M4P 2C9.

DAVIS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-12-28 published
DAVIS,
Margaret▲ (née
YEMEN) -- Peacefully at Kipling Acres on
Thursday, December 26, 2002, in her 94th year. Beloved wife of
the late Vernon L.
DAVIS, former Principal of Swansea Public
School. Dear mother of Velma and husband Larry
LEAVER,
Doug and
wife Ann, and the late June L.
SEDGWICK.
Loved grandmother of
9 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great grand_son.
Friends may call at the Turner and Porter Yorke Chapel, 2357 Bloor
St. West, at Windermere, east of the Jane subway, from 2-4 p.m.
Sunday and from 10 a.m. on Monday, December 30, 2002 until the
time of the Funeral Service in the Chapel at 11 a.m. Interment
Glendale Memorial Gardens. If desired, donations may be made
to the Alzheimer Society or Morningside - High Park Presbyterian
Church.

DAVIS o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-12-28 published
GIFFIN,
Ella
(Resident of Norland, Ontario) -- At the William
Osler Health Centre (Etobicoke Campus) on Friday, December 20,
2002 in her 78th year. Beloved wife of Donald
GIFFIN.
Loving
mother of Gerald (Mary Jane) of Chester, Nova Scotia, Janette
and Wayne both of Langley, British Columbia. Lovingly remembered
by her grandchildren Jamie and Kate. Dear sister of Lillian
TAILOR/TAYLOR
of Etobicoke, Jim
TAILOR/TAYLOR of Port Credit and Dorothy (Mrs. Leonard
DAVIS) of Toronto. Also lovingly remembered by many nieces and
nephews. Friends are invited to call at the Mount Dennis United
Church, 71 Guestville Avenue, Toronto (near the corner of Eglinton
Ave W. and Weston Road) on Saturday afternoon, January 11, 2003
for a Memorial Service at 2 o'clock. Interment later Pinegrove
Cemetery, Norland. As expressions of sympathy, donations to a
charity of your choice would be appreciated by the family. Funeral
arrangements have been entrusted to the Coboconk Community Funeral
Home Coboconk, Ontario (705)454-3913.

DAVISON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-11-14 published
DAVISON,
DorisC. -- At Shelburne District Hospital on Monday,
November 11, 2002 in her 87th year. Wife of the late Thomas
DAVISON
and dear mother of Catherine
FLEMING/FLEMMING (and Dave
LABA.)
Loving
grandmother of Lana
FLEMING/FLEMMING,
DanieleFLEMING/FLEMMING (and Wilfred
SPARLING)
and Os FLEMING/FLEMMING (and Wendy
BOS) and great-grandmother of Matt,
Jade and Rhett. Predeceased by her sisters, Edith
PRINGLE and
Jessie O'DONNELL.
The family will receive Friends at the Doney
Funeral Home, Shelburne on Wednesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral
services will be held in the funeral home chapel on Thursday
at 2: 00 p.m. Interment to follow at the Shelburne Cemetery.

DAVISON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-12-17 published
DAVISON,
HelenJane (née
MURRAY) -- On Monday, December 16, 2002
in her 95th year. Beloved wife of the late Jack
DAVISON. A lifetime
of happy memories for her family, Murray and Margot, grandchildren
Cameron, Andrew, Ryan and Natalie, Darcy and Jay, and Gregory
and Sarah. Fondly remembered by Willa, Claire and June. Special
thanks to Dr. Carlos
RODRIGUEZ and the caring staff and volunteers
of Lakeshore Lodge. Friends may call at the Turner and Porter Yorke
Chapel, 2357 Bloor St. West, at Windermere, east of the Jane
subway, from 6-9 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral Service in the Chapel
on Wednesday, December 18, 2002 at 1 p.m. Cremation. Donations
to the Children's Wish Foundation would be appreciated.

DAVISON o@ca.on.york_county.toronto.toronto_star 2002-12-19 published
MacKENZIE,
PaulRobert -- Retired from Xerox 1994. Peacefully,
on Wednesday morning, December 18, 2002 at the Credit Valley
Hospital with his family by his side. Paul
MacKENZIE, in his
68th year, beloved husband of Elaine. Dear father of daughter
Paula KEMBER and her husband Robert, and son Greg
MacKENZIE.
Loving grandfather of Thomas and Warren. Survived by his brother
Eric MacKENZIE, sister Doreen
ROBINSON and her husband Doug,
and predeceased by Helen
BARKER,
DougMacKENZIE, Jean
WEMPLE,
Ron MacKENZIE, Ralph
MacKENZIE, Muriel
DAVISON and Marjorie
PICHE.
Friends may call at the Turner and Porter ''Peel'' Chapel, 2180
Hurontario Street, Mississauga (Hwy. 10, north of Queen Elizabeth
Way) from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Friday. Funeral Service will be
held in the Chapel on Saturday, December 21 at 3 p.m. Cremation.
If desired, memorial donations may be made to the Canadian Diabetes
Association or to a charity of your choice.